Ezekiel 9:4; Mark 3:5; Psalms 119:136; Psalms 119:53
I beheld the transgressors - Those who wronged me; those who violated the law of God. And was grieved - Or, “sickened.” The word used here me...
I beheld the transgressors, and was (c) grieved; because they kept not thy word. (c) My zeal consumed me when I saw their malice and contempt for yo...
CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginnin...
transgressors. Hebrew. bagad . traitors, or treacherous men. was grieved . loathed myself: i.e. seeing the same tendencies in myself. Compare J...
158. I saw the perfidious and child them. In this verse the Psalmist proceeds yet farther, declaring that he was inflamed with a holy zeal w...
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved - Literally, I was affected...
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. I beheld the transgressors - literally, the treacherous transgre...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the s...
RESH. (158) Transgressors. — Better, the faithless (or, traitors ). Was grieved. — The Hebrew is a far stronger word, and the sense is int...
Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of th...
the Joy of Communion with God Psalms 119:145-160 There is great eagerness in the psalmist's prayerfulness. He calls with his whole heart; he aw...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term,...
RESH. The same cries of soul are continued through this portion as in the former; and we may, without any forced construction of the words, consider...
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved ,.... Transgressors of the law of God, profane sinners; such as among whom he dwelt in Mesech and Kedar;...
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. Ver. 158. I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved ] Or, I abhorre...
Many are my persecutors David, being a public person, had many enemies. In this he was a type both of Christ and of his church. The enemies, the pe...
158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. Here is, 1. David's sorrow for the wickedness of th...
I observed and considered their ungodly courses.
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
Psalms 119:158 Consider what there is in the breaking of God's law to justify such manifestation of grief as you read of in the writings of David....
Psalms 119:145 . I cried with my whole heart; hear me. O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. It is sweet to look back upon our prayers, if those pray...
Psalms 119:153 . Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. As much as if he said, «Lord, I do not forget thee; do no...
Psalms 119:145 . I cried with my whole heart: hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. In the time of trouble there is no resort like that of p...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at...
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies. The trials and traits of piety I. The trials of piety. They are twofold--objective and subjective....
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not Thy Word. Christian grief over transgressors One of the influences and resul...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
Resh. The Increasing Confidence of the Believer.
I beheld the transgressors, those who willfully reject the Word, and was grieved, filled with loathing; because they kept not Thy Word, for this fa...
158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.